Patient data is the backbone of all clinical trials. However, trial subject recruitment, engagement and data collection are very costly activities. According to the Deloitte Center for Health, roughly a third of a clinical trial’s total costs go toward patient recruitment alone. The rise of remote monitoring tools in the post pandemic era, such as smart packaging, wearables, and other technology, can help focus and contain trial efforts for individual patients, while reducing costs, and diversifying trial patient samples for more effective drug development.